November 3, World Touring Car Championship(WTCC) China Station and SINOPEC LUBRICANTS China Touring Car Championship (CTCC) both performed at the Shanghai International Circuit. In CTCC competition, Shanghai Volkswagen 333 Zhang Zhendong, Changan Ford Xie Xinzhe, and Jiang Tengyi won in the Super Quantity Production Group.
And China Production Group, Saida RSR Xia Yu, GMTC TOYOTA Yaris Liu Yang and Beijing Hyundai Team Cui Yue obtained the top three respectively. Thus, Changan Ford finished the empire of the sixth Manufacturers Cup Championship, and Zhen Zhuowei succeeds in getting the Annual Driver Championship. Haima FAMILY Team again won in the China Production Group on Manufacturers Cup Championship, and Chen Xu shared with the team by winning the driver of the year.Red Bull Fastest Lap Awards were respectively got by Shanghai Volkswagen 333 Team Ma Qinghua and Saida RSR Team Xia Yu.
Zhen Zhuowei and Zhang Zhen Dong re-created the 2011 success
The ending war of SINOPEC LUBRICANTS CTCC season 2013 is a repeat of the ending war of 2011 season. Zhen Zhuowei using the same conservative strategy tops to the champion, and also Zhang Zhendong won the final victory of the ending war. Today, at the Shanghai International Circuit, Zhang Zhen Dong finally once again returned to the top of the podium. And Zhen Zhuowei finished in the eighth place of the race; with conservative strategy he was crowned the Champion of the year.
Dongfeng Yueda KIA Team was only one step away from the podium; Shi Cuiying Stars Team was honored though defeated
Apart from the dogfight for annual champions, Dongfeng Yueda KIA Team Chuhan Huang's performance is also one of the highlights of the game. Unfortunately, as the battle for the podium, although ultimately surpassed Ma Qinghua in fourth across the line, he is still one step away from the podium. However, Dongfeng Yueda KIA Team still makes us feel their strong strength.
Clubs, Zhang Zhiqiang, the pole position driver of qualifying session from Shi Cuiying Stars Team, failed the race at last, even though he led the race in the first two laps. From the fierce competition among Zhang Zhen Dong of Shanghai Volkswagen 333, and Changan Ford Xie Xinzhe, we can see that the 90s drivers is becoming a CTCC major force.
Haima FAMILY Team succeeded, Xia Yu took first win
With Sun Zheng got the forth and He Zixian seventh, and Haima FAMILY Team also successfully take the Manufacturers Cup of China Production Group of the 2013 season, In this way, Haima FAMILY Team wins both the Manufacturers Cup and the Annual Driver Championship.
GMTC TOYOTA Yaris Liu Yang did well in the race, and ultimately got the runner-up, but still did not help the team to capture the Manufacturer's Cup. Team manager Zhang Cheng expressed after the game that 2013 season is the just a beginning in the CTCC manufacturers Cup competition, and he hopes after changing the new models in the coming year can challenges the champion.
Saida RSR Team Xia Yu, was still the winner after 13 laps in the race, and had the access to the first victory of CTCC in five years, and drew to a successful close to the 2013 season.
World Touring Car Championship ended, Chilton and Monte Polo won
On Sunday, after the final battle of the CTCC, WTCC World Touring Car Championships, who comes to Shanghai for the third time, began to compete for the two rounds over the weekend. Eventually, the RML Team Chilton and Honda Monte Polo won the round one and two respectively. WTCC will moves to Macau two weeks later after the station in Shanghai.
At this point, CTCC season 2013 has come to a successful close. Let us meet again in the coming year for CTCC.